KAT has 3 quirky words for Charles Barkley's 'dumb fouls' critique
KAT has 3 quirky words for Charles Barkley's 'dumb fouls' critique
Charles Barkley wasn't wrong.
Karl-Anthony Towns has taken some perplexing fouls in the New York Knicks playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, which has been costly. When the talented center is on the bench, the Knicks suffer as we saw on Thursday during their Game 5 win.
So of course Charles Barkley had to call him out to his face after the game: "I gotta criticize you: why do you be getting them dumb fouls?"
KAT smirked and responded: "God only knows."
But he took it in stride as Chuck went further, saying he had to do a better job at that. So maybe the Hall of Famer helped Towns and the Knicks here!
He's not kidding, though! Look at some of these fouls and tell me Towns could have avoided them:
Here's one from Game 5 where he got called out by TNT's announcing crew. You don't need to shove Pascal Siakam here, as everyone pointed out:
Here's what this comes down to: it's a mental thing, right? You can defend! Put your hands up in the paint! But none of the shoves or grabs that referees will whistle with ease (and, remember, if you're a habitual line stepper, officials will look more for those fouls).
So maybe "God only knows" will turn into a mental shift for Towns as the Eastern Conference Finals progresses ... or the Knicks are going home.
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